Vermilion man arrested for allegedly videotaping daughter nude

A 50-year-old Vermilion man was charged with voyeurism Aug. 28 after his wife allegedly found his flash drive containing videos of their adult daughter nude in the bathroom.

Police were dispatched to Aldrich Road, where a woman told police she suspected her husband was cheating on her and had her son search through her husband’s electronic devices to find evidence of the alleged relations, according to a Vermilion police report.

The woman said she found a flash drive in the master bedroom she shares with her husband, whose name police asked remain withheld to protect the identity of his daughter.

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The woman said she plugged in the drive and found a document describing how her husband made a “peephole” in the bathroom so he could watch his daughter in the bathroom while she is nude, the report said.

The document also detailed the father installed a camera system to watch his daughter because the hole he created was “no longer sufficient,” the report said.

The woman said she then went to the bathroom and found a camera system hidden in the upper left vanity light fixture. She investigated the contents of the flash drive further and found videos of her daughter nude in the bathroom, according to the report.

The son showed police the camera was still in working order, and police dismantled the system, the report said. The camera, portable hard drive, flash drive and two lap top computers were taken into evidence, it said.

When the husband arrived home, he was arrested and transported to Vermilion Police Department. He told police “he knew nothing of the camera system” and said he wanted to speak with an attorney upon being questioned about the document found on his flash drive, according to the report.

Police said a brief viewing of the flash drive contained the document reported by the man’s wife, and also revealed videos of his daughter in the bathroom in various states of undress.

The man was charged with voyeurism, a second-degree misdemeanor, and transported to Lorain County Jail, where he is being held without bound until his 9 a.m. Sept. 2 Vermilion Municipal Court appearance.

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